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Private JOHN MELIA

Service Number: 14723710
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UDEN WAR CEMETERY

6. F. 12.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Melia, of Prescot, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF A SMILING FACE AND A BROKEN LINK WE CAN NEVER REPLACE
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Buried or commemorated at

UDEN WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 703
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